1899 Hoffenheim 08/09 Thread II - 'The village people'

[MetroChile]

I was born in Egypt. But I have spend the early years in Germany. The last year I have been in Caracas. Right now I am in Frankfurt, stupid work. :D



The German institut Sport+Markt-Reports "Football Top 20" . They have asked about 9600 Fans between 15 and 69 in 16 European countries.

http://www.reviersport.de/74317---hoffenheim-tsg-groesstem-fanzuwachs.html



Talent Douglas Costa in a interview,

Without (hopefully) getting carried too much off topic, what other teams do you like? Al Ahly or Zamalek and Caracas or Dep. Italchacao, perhaps? :)

[scotholiday11]

Do you think Hoffenheim can win this game even without Ibisevic?

[panicfc]

quick update - looks like the game is on live on Goltv.

[berloha]

Do you think Hoffenheim can win this game even without Ibisevic?


Well, I noticed that we miss his natural goal instinct. His fellows really want to 'drag the ball into the goal'. Too much arsenal-like.

But we have Obasi and the brilliant Carlos Eduardo coming back, and we also missed their presence on the pitch.

A victory is not impossible !

[scotholiday11]

A victory is not impossible !

yeah but not looking that likely now though..:( 0-2 down already.

[hackespitze123]

It's an excellent match so far. Enormous pace, end to end stuff. Great advertising for the league.

[panicfc]

It's an excellent match so far. Enormous pace, end to end stuff. Great advertising for the league.
I was just about to post the same thing. Another very exciting match.

[panicfc]

Geez, you can't stop Helmes, you can only hope to contain him.

[Vfbstuttgartfan]

Unfortunately Hoffenheim has come up against the brilliant version of Leverkusen.

Sometimes they're terrible, sometimes they play great. Very inconsistent. But when they're on form they're verrry hard to beat. And it would appear tonight they are on form, so it'll be very tough for Hoffenheim.

[berloha]

Ibertsberger with the worst perfomance I've ever seen coming from a Hoffenheim player.

Ibisevic is deeply missed, can't wait for Obasi.

[hackespitze123]

Obasi for Weis, Hoffenheim switching to 4-3-3 in the second half it seems. Expect even more attacking football in the second half.

@Vfbstuttgartfan
Leverkusen are usually more dangerous if they play away against an attacking team, and can concentrate on counters. A lot of pace in that side, especially up front.

[MetroChile]

Hoffy has played horribly today: specially the D and Hildebrand.
Hoffy's best player today, imho, has been Luis Gustavo by far.

[hackespitze123]

Hoffenheim 'fans' leaving the stadium 10 minutes before the match has ended. :rolleyes:

Guess the 'consumers' were not satisfied with the 'product' they got tonight.

[footyfan1]

Hoffenheim 'fans' leaving the stadium 10 minutes before the match has ended. :rolleyes:

Guess the 'consumers' were not satisfied with the 'product' they got tonight.

Funny. No one makes comments like that when fans in Munich and other places leave the stadium 10 minutes before the match ends.

And don't tell me it doesn't happen in other places because I've seen it happen too many times.

But since it is Hoffenheim, it's some kind of slight? :rolleyes:

That being said, here is where I agree with you.

When was the last time you heard the freakin' Leverkusen fans drown out any home fans at an away match?? :eek:

[footyfan1]

And I have to say that although I backed Sanogo when he was ripped here by some, he deserves to be ripped tonight.

He sucked.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who sucked, but I thought he should be pointed out.

[ForeverRed]

And I have to say that although I backed Sanogo when he was ripped here by some, he deserves to be ripped tonight.

He sucked.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who sucked, but I thought he should be pointed out.

Ibisevic's loss might hurt them more than I thought. Sanogo is no Ibisevic replacement. He is disturbing their entire system.

[panicfc]

When was the last time you heard the freakin' Leverkusen fans drown out any home fans at an away match?? :eek:

I was wondering if that was what I was hearing.

Was this the battle of the "plastic clubs"? Seems like both showed a lot of passion from the fans, but have to give the Leverkusen boys credit on and off the field.

[footyfan1]

Unfortunately Hoffenheim has come up against the brilliant version of Leverkusen.

Sometimes they're terrible, sometimes they play great. Very inconsistent. But when they're on form they're verrry hard to beat. And it would appear tonight they are on form, so it'll be very tough for Hoffenheim.


Exactly. This was it. This was Leverkusen's response for stinking out the LTU Arena last weekend against VfB.

But I also think Hoffenheim is losing some of its magic.

I don't think the problem is just Ibisevic not being there now.

Some of their players just looked lazy out there tonight. Like Germany's players on Wednesday.

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Hoffenheim made good pressure after the 0-2 and were close on the draw.
The 1-3 and 1-4 directly before and after the half-time break were against
the flow of the match and broke their moral.

Ibersberger, Sanogo and Hildebrand had an off-day.
Kiesling on the other side aswell.

Leverkusen looked more motivated and worked harder in the important scenes,
so a deserved victory for them.

btw:
Leverkusen won the Hinrunden match also with a high margin, 5-2.
So it seems Bruno has found the key vs. the Hoff.

[berloha]

Hoffy's best player today, imho, has been Luis Gustavo by far.

Yes. I agree with you.


The worst players Ibertsberger, Sanogo Weis, Hildebrand. The 4th goal broke Hoffenheim's neck so the second half turned out to be boring.

Leverkusen could become a 'Angstgegner' for Hoffenheim in the future.